The health promotion team at WellSouth has been working on a Breastfeeding Friendly Pharmacy project, a settings based approach to cultivating pharmacies as a community environment supportive of breastfeeding. This…

Authors Raewyn Johnson, Pauline Ansley, Fiona Doolan-Noble, Erin Turley, Tim Stokes have published this article in the Journal of Primary Health Care 9(2) 173-177 BACKGROUND: New Zealand (NZ) has a high rate of bre…

Caffeine: This Health Promotion Agency ‘Behind the Hype’ information sheet highlights the effect caffeine can have on the body, the amount of caffeine in common food and drinks, and who should limit their intake…

This Ministry of Health publication provides updated clinical guidance for primary health care practitioners and others who provide advice on weight management for New Zealand children and young people aged 2 to 18…

In partnership with the NZ College of Midwives, Plunket, Tipu Ora and the Heart Foundation, Gravida has been developing two new education programmes for maternity and child health care professionals (2014).

This report is part of the Growing Up in New Zealand longitudinal study and was prepared by the University of Auckland. It focuses on the children from the study as they get ready to start school. The biggest shift…

The Sport Hawke’s Bay programme provides group and one-on-one education, support and activities tailored to meet the needs of women pre, during and post pregnancy in a variety of community-based settings (2016).

Healthy Babies Healthy Futures is a collaborative project promoting the health and wellbeing of pregnant women, women with children under 4, and their whānau through improved nutrition and physical activity (2015).

Poster informing of two free workforce development programmes for health practitioners, health promoters, and educators. The programmes aim to improve knowledge about the role of good nutrition and physical activit…

Loving Pēpe for life: Your guide to being healthy and keeping activity during your pregnancy Loving Pēpe for Life was developed by the Health 4 Life Project to support health and community workers who work with pre…

Auckland University research shows 23 percent of women drank alcohol during their first trimester of pregnancy while 13 percent drank during their second trimester. On 11 October 2018 the Australia and New Zealand…

Fighting the wave of adolescent obesity in New Zealand could be as simple as establishing family rules and routines around food consumption and limiting screen time, a new University of Otago study has found. These…

University of Auckland media release, 30 August 2017 A new study has found that short bursts of intensive exercise boosts children’s brain power and has benefits for children with learning difficulties or condition…

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman and Education Minister Nikki Kaye have today welcomed the released updated physical activity guidelines for children and young people aged five to 17. “Children and young people are…

Breastfeeding rates in New Zealand are increasing slowly, according to Plunket data released during World Breastfeeding Week (1-7 August). Plunket says in 2015 and in 2016, 87.5% of babies aged between 2 and 6 week…

A systematic review of has been published exploring the qualitative evidence on barriers and facilitators to physical activity and sedentary behaviour in young children (aged 0-6). The review looked at perceptions…

The Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) was launched in 1991 as a global programme to incentivize maternity facilities throughout the world to adhere to the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding and comply wit…

Recently published research in the BMC Paediatrics 201818:299 by authors Manhire et al. concludes that breastfeeding duration of mainly Māori women was shorter than the national average. Increasing the duration of…

The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative was launched in 1991 by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund to ensure all maternity services become centres of breastfeeding support worldwide.

NEW NZBA HEAD TO TARGET NEW ZEALAND’S LOW BREASTFEEDING RATES New Zealand has the opportunity to lead developed nations in a resurgence in breastfeeding rates and their associated public health outcomes, the newly…

New University of Auckland research has examined whether Kiwi families are meeting national food and nutrition guidelines when feeding their babies. The research, from the university’s Centre for Longitudinal Resea…

Recently published research in the BMC Paediatrics 201818:299 by authors Manhire et al. concludes that breastfeeding duration of mainly Māori women was shorter than the national average. Increasing the duration of…

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman and Education Minister Nikki Kaye have today welcomed the released updated physical activity guidelines for children and young people aged five to 17. “Children and young people are…